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Banner of the Workshop

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The participants listened carefully in order to gather information and spread it their communities afterwards.

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Group picture at the end of the session: Members of TEPPCON and the participants of the workshop

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The workshop has been a full success: Even afterwards people were debating about how to handle conflicts efficiently (Father Thaddeus Kuusah (left) pictured with participants of the meeting)

Between April 11th and April 15th the KAS-Team traveled to the Northern Region of Ghana to give workshops on Conflict Management together with our partner TEPPCON. Local participants attended the two workshops in Kpandai and Bimbila. Until today there are still many ethnic and political conflicts and tensions between the different ethnic groups in the Northern Region. The workshops were supposed to support the people in the understanding, why conflicts arise, how to tackle them and how to prevent them in the future. The role of the women is very important in this context, since she is the one in charge of raising and educating the children. From the beginning one, children shell adopt and incorporate values like respect, acceptance, tolerance against different cultures and religions. When solving conflicts, the participants learned how to communicte in a more efficient way. KAS and TEPPCON demonstrated theories of "active listeing" and analyzing the roots of conflicts. The people who attended the workshops debated actively and participated with great affection. Therefore the workshops have really been a full success.

Written by Adriana A. Stibral (intern of the KAS)